Three clubs 'chasing Januzaj'

Real Sociedad, Celtic and Roma are all said to be interested in signing Adnan Januzaj this summer but Sociedad’s club president doesn’t think it will be an easy task.

The winger is highly unlikely to have a future at Old Trafford and he failed to impress on loan at Sunderland last season so it’s unlikely that he will be going there so a move away from the Premier League looks more likely.

Lindelof in the Maldives

Smalling previews pre-season tour

“It doesn’t matter if it’s a friendly or a big Champions League game, you always want to win. Everyone’s mentality is always the same in those games and in every game we play.”

He wasn’t talking about West Ham’s pre-season but United’s. Interesting timing from the club website to run the Smalling chat when Lindelof joined last week and Smalling changed agents ahead of a probable transfer. Then there was that Mourinho comment about his flat-footed distribution.

Could United be stuck with Rooney?

The Chinese football association is proposing clubs face a 100 per cent tax on signings in order to try to curb the league’s extravagant spending. The Chinese Super League’s mid-season window opens today.

Only a Chinese club would be prepared to match or better Rooney’s wages at United. An Everton return seems unlikely due to the crippling effect Rooney would have on the club’s wage structure.

Perez to address media this evening

Bayern deny interest in Ronaldo

“Bayern is reported daily. It is sent and printed, tweaked and posted. With digital technology the news is spread at a rapid pace. But sometimes a duck flies by. Sometimes one or the other simply does not match the facts.

“That is why at this point we would like to pay tribute to the ‘duck of the day’ and thus help to ensure that our fans are properly informed.

“In the last few days, the Italian sporting daily “Gazzetta dello Sport” reported that FC Bayern are interested in committing Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid.

“Subsequently, this rumour was also taken up by numerous German media.”

“Thank God Sir Alex Ferguson came,” Mendes says in the film. “And he told me, ‘Jorge, leave it with me. He will come now with me and he will play 50 per cent of the games, I promise you.’” “Nothing is impossible,” Mendes then animatedly reiterates during dinner. It might be his mantra.

A contact in Spain summarised Ronaldo’s current situation succinctly at the weekend: “Whenever he wants something he starts talking about United.” Sources close to Ronaldo supposedly called the offices of Spanish newspapers to inform them of the impending A Bola exclusive. The game is different but Mendes plays it as well as his client.

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Pogba weighs in on Donnarumma row

Raiola pocketed all that money last year but still gets to dictate what Pogba says on Twitter: